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Anno 1800 Announced for PS5 & Xbox Series X|S

For almost four years, the lovely city and empire-building game Anno 1800 has been confined to PC gaming, but that's going to change soon as Ubisoft announced.  The game will launch for PS5 and Xbox…

January 17, 2023 | 12:36 EST

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Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy is Already Incredibly Ambitious

Procedural generation is often as much of a hindrance as it is a blessing. Although it helps to add replayability and a real sense of ownership over your decisions, it also becomes very hard to keep…

July 5, 2021 | 11:00 EDT

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El Hijo: A Wild West Tale Review

When you think of Spaghetti Westerns, what's the first thing that comes to mind? Probably tense shootouts between bandits and anti-heroic cowboys, dramatic chases on horseback, and lawless saloons…

December 8, 2020 | 12:00 EST

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Per Aspera Review

Is there life on Mars? David Bowie never got to answer that question he famously asked in song, but now you can be the one to definitely respond "Yes." Humanity still may be several years away from…

December 3, 2020 | 12:00 EST

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Midnight Ghost Hunt Brings Haunted Mansion Madness

Midnight Ghost Hunt by Vaulted Sky Games was shown off at this year's Guerrilla Collective, and it has quite the set-up. The game is an online competitive experience that can be described as…

June 14, 2020 | 01:19 EDT

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Unexplored 2 Greatly Expands Upon the Original

The PC Gaming Show gave us a new trailer for Ludomotion's Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy. Greatly expanding upon the scope of the original game, players will travel the world to destroy an…

June 13, 2020 | 03:43 EDT

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Anno 1800 Board Game Coming in Fall 2020

Anno 1800 is a game that is frankly not for the faint of heart — this game comes from a franchise with 20 years of history and is best enjoyed by the real strategy nuts out there. These same folks…

June 4, 2020 | 03:32 EDT

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Anno 1800 Season 2 Pass Announced with 3 DLCs

Anno 1800 was Ubisoft's seventh installment in the franchise, and brought the series' fans into the Industrial Revolution times in the 19th century. Shortly after its release back in April 2019, the…

March 9, 2020 | 02:41 EDT

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Race With Ryan

It's the influencer revolution! A game made in the image of a YouTube sensation! Move over EA, scoot on over Ubisoft, Ryan's here to take your throne with Race With Ryan charging forward with this…

November 17, 2019 | 03:30 EST

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Anno 1800

Bring the industrial age to flourish in Anno 1800, the latest real-time strategy city-builder by Blue Bytes and published by Ubisoft.

September 28, 2019 | 09:58 EDT

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Etherborn

From the game studio Altered Matter comes Etherborn. You are a voiceless body, guided by a bodiless voice through a world where you must come to grasp with gravity-shifting structures in order to…

September 27, 2019 | 08:19 EDT

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Per Aspera

Per Aspera tasks you with terraforming Mars. As the AI named AMI, you will explore the planet, gather resources and make strategic decisions while maintaining a relationship with the crew in Houston…

September 27, 2019 | 08:03 EDT

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El Hijo

El Hijo is a non-violent stealth gamed developed by Honig Studios and published by Handygames. Based around a small boy forced into a monastery by his mother after their farm was burned down by…

September 27, 2019 | 07:37 EDT

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Midnight Ghost Hunt

Midnight Ghost Hunt is a unique take on the well-renowned Prop Hunt party mode in various games such as Garry's Mod. Developer Vaulted Sky Games describes it as a "ghostly hide-and-seek multiplayer"…

September 27, 2019 | 06:47 EDT

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Anno 1800's First Two Expansions Both Elate and Disappoint

It has been a hot minute since the release of Ubisoft Blue Byte's city builder Anno 1800. Since release earlier this year, it has become the fastest-selling entry in the long-running franchise. It's…

September 27, 2019 | 03:00 EDT

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Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy

From Ludomotion, the developers behind Unexplored, comes Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy. A Roguelite action-RPG with a strong emphasis on exploration and travel. From the Steam store page:…

September 27, 2019 | 01:44 EDT

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Apsulov: End of Gods

In Apsulov: End of Gods you are thrust into Sci-Fi themed world of Norse Mythology. Once offered a magical artifact that gives them ultimate power over the nine realms, the old Gods set aside their…

September 27, 2019 | 01:30 EDT

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Apsulov: End of Gods is Some Great Spooky Sci-Fi Horror

Some days I just want to be spooked. Generally, I turn to video games for this. There's just something about playing a horror game, compared to a movie, that feels so much more personal. Almost as if…

September 13, 2019 | 01:00 EDT

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Anno 1800 Botanica DLC Out Now, Day-Night Cycle Free To All Players

Ubisoft's city-builder Anno 1800 has some new content to enjoy. There's a new paid DLC pack out, as well as a day-night cycle update that's free for all players. Botanica is the second DLC pack for …

September 11, 2019 | 10:00 EDT

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Etherborn Review - Inception Bwamp

Inception has totally ruined me. I can never see anyone twist gravity and walk on walls without hearing that iconic "BWAMP" that the trailers used. Such is the case with Etherborn, a puzzle game…

July 18, 2019 | 10:00 EDT

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A Preview of Two Buzzworthy Games from E3 For All Audiences

It's hard to find entertaining games that cater to children, teens, and adults. At E3, I found two great upcoming indie titles that you could hand to your kid and allow them to have a good time. But…

June 22, 2019 | 12:30 EDT

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Kinda Funny E3 2019 - Etherborn Release Date Revealed

At the Kinda Funny Games E3 2019 Showcase, it was announced that Etherborn will be releasing on July 18. Etherborn is a puzzle-platformer where you'll need to forget everything you thought you knew…

June 10, 2019 | 09:04 EDT

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PC Gaming Show E3 2019 - El Hijo is a Spaghetti Western Stealth Game

At the PC Gaming Show this year, Honig Studios and Handy Games showed off a trailer for El Hijo, a unique twist on stealth games. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smde5D2JNnc El Hijo is a spaghetti…

June 10, 2019 | 04:04 EDT

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PC Gaming Show 2019 - Per Aspera Will Send Your Brain to Mars

Per Aspera is an interesting strategy game from Raw Fury and Tlön Industries. This is a "planet simulation" strategy game where you're preparing Mars for colonization by humans — and it's a little…

June 10, 2019 | 03:18 EDT

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PC Gaming Show E3 2019 - Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy

At the PC Gaming Show, Ludomotion announced a sequel to their indie roguelike Unexplored. Unexplored 2: The Wayfarer's Legacy is a hardcore procedurally-generated roguelike in which the decisions…

June 10, 2019 | 02:48 EDT

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PC Gaming Show E3 2019 - Midnight Ghost Hunt Bumps in the Night

From Coffee Stain studios a trailer was shown at the PC Gaming Show at E3 2019 for Midnight Ghost Hunt. In the trailer we see a character wearing a hazmat suit tracking down and taking out ghosts.…

June 10, 2019 | 02:33 EDT

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Epic Games Store Exclusive Anno 1800 Is The Fastest-Selling Game in Franchise History

Anno 1800 sales have been the fastest in the franchise's history. A press release from Ubisoft reveals that the game has sold four times more copies than its predecessor Anno 2205 in the first week…

April 29, 2019 | 02:37 EDT

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Anno 1800 Review - A Return To Form

After a couple of trips to the future, Ubisoft Blue Byte's city-building series finally returns to its historical roots. Set at the beginning of a radical industrial age full of social unrest, Anno…

April 15, 2019 | 07:00 EDT

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Etherborn is a Mind Bending Puzzling Brain Twister

Playing with perspective has long been a tradition of video games. Games like Echochrome and Monument Valley give gamers a chance to try and reshape how they see the world so they can advance in it.…

April 4, 2019 | 11:00 EDT

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Anno 1800 Jumps Ship, Only Available on Uplay and Epic Store After Launch

Per an announcement via the Anno Union community portal, the upcoming Anno 1800 will only be available on Uplay and the Epic Games Store post-launch. Steam preorders will still be available through…

March 29, 2019 | 03:22 EDT

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PC Gaming Show E3 2018: Anno 1800

Ubisoft studio Blue Byte released a trailer for their new RTS Anno 1800 at the PC Gaming Show at E3 2018. Afterwards the game director joined the stage to talk about the game and how it was inspired…

June 11, 2018 | 08:40 EDT

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Unexplored Unlocked Edition Finds Its Way To Nintendo Switch This Spring

Acclaimed 2D top-down roguelite Unexplored is on its way to Nintendo Switch, developer Ludomotion has confirmed. Ludomotion will be releasing the game for Switch in partnership with console…

April 20, 2018 | 09:01 EDT